Chocolate And Gold,

a winning combination in anyone's book,

both have been combined by Nestle in Japan who are offering 500 very special KitKat bars individually wrapped in edible gold leaf, the reason? Japan's upscale KitKat Chocolatory stores recently welcomed their one millionth visitor and to celebrate the milestone the have produced this bar, just 500 will be produced, the bars will be priced at 2,016 yen each including tax, roughly $16.30 at current exchange rates, the yen price is no coincidence by the way, with the bars set for release in late December, Nestle Japan thinks they'll make ideal New Year's gifts,

 but gold Kit-Kat bars are not the only different flavoured bars to hit Japan's shores,

just a few of the exotic flavours for the Japanese market have included Maccha Milk Kit Kat and Red Azuki Bean Kit Kat, the former is Green Tea with milk, Azuki beans boiled with sugar have sweetened desserts and more for centuries, Sakura, or Cherry Blossom Kit Kat, introduced in spring to coincide with the tradition of Cherry Blossom viewing, Sakura Kit Kat comes in a pretty pink wrapper and features crème-filled wafer coated in pink Cherry flavoured white chocolate, often Kit Kats feature regional specialities such as white chocolate Kit Kat made with Hokkaido milk from Japan's far northern dairyland, on to Yubari Melon, also Apple Kit Kat, there is a Strawberry version, for parents, Kit Kat Chocolatier Wine, the petite-sized bars feature a luscious red wine flavoured white chocolate coating over crisp wafers sandwiching layers of wine-flavoured crème filling and then for something completely different, the Kit Kat I-Stick, a version meant to be eaten frozen or a gourmet bar, made by Japanese confectionery chef Takagi, called the Bretagne Kit Kat, made with Bretagne milk and Ecuadorian cocoa butter, just a few of the 200 or so different Kit-Kats listed in Wikipedia, it makes a 'normal' Kit- Kat look so plain.